County Zoning Election Tests County Plans Next Tuesday
The Citizen outlines a six part series on Pima County zoning voters face a decision between county wide zoning and local option zoning in a special election next Tuesday. The piece traces the history from 1949 enabling acts through the 1952 ordinance adoption and 90 day effective date delay and describes court actions challenging the election and the split between county wide zoning and local option areas.
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the Citizen
Norman Harrington
Pima County
Arizona
Tucson
Ing
Commission
Board of Supervisors
League For
Real Estate Board of Tucson
Atty
Frank E. Murp
Superior Court
Next Step In Plan May Blockade Red China
Congressional and military sources say the next move in Eisenhower's Korea strategy could be a naval blockade of Communist China. The plan follows freeing Chiang Kai-shek's forces to raid the Chinese mainland, a step aimed at diverting Reds from Korea. Bradley and congressional sources have floated blockade as a potential option.
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Eisenhower
Red China
Chiang Kai-shek
Fort 2Mosa
Korea
Britain
U.S
China
Free World
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Omar N. Bradley
Bradley
Britain protests US move on Formosa deneutralization
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden disclosed in the House of Commons that Britain protested President Eisenhower’s decision to deneutralize Formosa. Dulles arrives from Paris to discuss Korea and Indo China, with allies wary of a blockade’s wider consequences.
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London
Anthony Eden
United States
Eisenhower
Formosa
Eden
House of Commons
John Foster Dulles
Paris
Europe
Survivor recounts flood that destroyed Dutch village and claimed lives
A Stavenisse survivor on Tholen told how floods reduced the village to a watery waste with only a few rooftops above water. He described clinging to his attic with wife and children as a wall of water rose 25 feet and rescuers eventually saved them after a perilous night. His father, mother, and other relatives were missing or believed drowned.
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Stavenisse
Tholen
Bergen Op Zoom
W. van Hagen
Drees
Holland
England
Belgium
USS. Air Force
Air Force
Herbert Branch
Oakdale
Americas
Thousands Are Homeless In Britain Lowlands
The disaster toll from the regional flood and storm reaches into the thousands. Officials report 1,527 dead across Holland England Belgium with 50,000 Dutch evacuated. Rescue efforts continue as towns drown and aid pours in from Britain and abroad.
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Essex
England
Britain
Lowlands
Amsterdam
Holland
Belgium
Willem Drees
Unlucky Pole Gets A Break
Jan Festerur, a 26 year old Pole with two years probation for illegal entry in U S district court, started work at Romanoski Glass & Mirror Co in Tucson. Citizens donated a wardrobe and a merchant offered a 10 percent discount as he begins his new job.
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Jan Festerur
Taylor Arrives In Korea Amid Frontline Battles
General Maxwell D. Taylor arrives in Korea for conferences before leading an army survey. In the Kaesong area an assault by raiders with tanks and artillery reportedly killed about 300 Chinese Communists. One division officer counted 90 bodies. Jets patrolled MIG alley but did not engage enemy aircraft.
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Kaesong
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U. S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Korea
Tokyo
Chiang Hails Ike Action On Nationalist China Invasion
Chiang Kai-shek hailed President Eisenhower's declaration that the Seventh fleet would not block Nationalist China attempts to attack the mainland as morally sound. He stated ROC would not seek ground-forces from other nations, though observers thought sea support might be welcome if needed.
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Formosa
U.S
Chiang Kai-shek
Eisenhower
China
Republic of China
Seventh Fleet
Formosa Straits
Chiang
Law Change Proposed After Tucson Bus Crash
Arizona lawmaker introduces a bill to strengthen school bus stopping rules after seven year old Carol Ness was injured when struck near a Tucson bus. Rep Harold Burton calls the loophole in the current law inoperative in metropolitan areas and seeks a statewide amendment. The bill aims to require drivers to stop before reaching a stopped bus and not proceed until the bus resumes motion or signaled to go.
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Carol Ness
Tucson
Carol
Justice Court
Arizona
Harold Burton
R-Pima
Burton
Ness
Thin Clouds And Sunshine Weather Outlook
A sunlit trend continues with thin high clouds buffering the sun and warm temperatures. Yuma ranged 81 to 47, Phoenix 75 to 41, Douglas 71 to 27, and Prescott 67 to 28 as a broad east west pattern brings fog and drizzle to the west while the east cools into the night.
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Prescott
Flu Hits Tucson Schools Amid Rising Absences
Tucson teachers and students battled flu and cold illness as absences rose at several schools. H H Cooper reported ten percent higher absences at Tucson High, Mission View saw modest upticks, Flowing Wells declined, Amphitheater areas varied, Nogales closed junior and senior high after more than 250 pupils stayed home under order by Dr. E C Houle.
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Tucson High School
H. H Cooper
Mission View
Amphitheater High
Lawrence Cross
Amphitheater
Nogales
E. C. Houle
Red Leaders Are Jailed
New York seven communist leaders were sentenced to three years in prison and fined 6000 dollars each, five other leaders got two years and 4000 dollar fines, one defendant received one year and 2000 dollars. Thirteen were convicted of conspiring to advocate violent revolution against the government. Federal judge Edward Dimock suggested exile to Russia, provoking strong responses from defendants and defense counsel.
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New York
Russia
Edward Dimock
Dimock
Atty
John T. McTernan
Court of Justice
Flu Forces Halt in 21st Legislature Work
Santa Cruz county delegation to the 21st legislature is laid low by illness. Senate president Hubert Merryweather and Representative Neilson Brown are ill, with Brown as House Appropriations chair, slowing lawmaking operations in Phoenix.
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Santa Cruz County
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Senate
Hubert Merryweather
Rep
Neilson Brown
Brown
House
Appropriations Committee
Lost Plane Traces Seen Over North Atlantic
The Coast Guard cutter Campbell reports oil slicks and dye markers 120 miles from the last position of a four engine York transport operated by Skyways Airlin e of London. The plane with 39 aboard disappeared yesterday and is being searched for in snow squalls.
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Coast Guard
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Skyways Airan
London
Tonight and Tomorrow in Tucson: Brown's Body and Globetrotters
Tonight features Tyronne Power Judith Anderson and Raymond Massey in John Brown's Body at the University of Arizona auditorium, sold out. Harlem Globetrotters meet Toledo Mercuries in a Basketball Fund benefit at Bear Down gym with a 7:30 precap. Tomorrow includes Tucson Visitors Club at Chamber of Commerce and Arizona Wildcats basketball versus Hardin Simmons Cowboys at Bear Down gym.
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Judith Anderson
Raymond Massey
John Brown
University of Arizona
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Toledo Mercuries
Sportsmen’s Fund
Bear Down
Tucson
Chamber of Commerce
S. Stone Ave
Canasta
Tucson Community Council
Arizona Wildcats
Hardin-Simmons Cowboys
Tucson Spur Center
West Congress Street
Tucson Adds More One Way Streets In City Plan
City officials announce expansion of one way streets in Tucson as part of a broader traffic plan. Council minutes indicate new signings and convert rules to improve flow.
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Superior Court
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